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Yorkshire has seen the biggest difference, with a significant 95% increase in opportunities since March 2012. Job vacancies in Scotland were up by 87.5% in the same period.

Scotland

In March 2013 the number of job opportunities in Scotland had increased by 33.5% compared with one year ago and 11.67% since February. Comparatively, job opportunities across the UK are up by 9.84% since March 2012.

The construction & property, and security & safety sectors, have in particular shown significant growth since the beginning of 2013, with a 58.3% and 60% rise in job opportunities respectively.

Wales

The strongest performing sector in Wales is estate agency, which has seen a significant 36.6% rise in job opportunities in 2013.

The IT and telecoms, and transport and logistics sectors, are also faring well in Wales with a 13.9% and 11.1% increase in job opportunities respectively.

West Midlands

Since March last year the number of job opportunities in the West Midlands has grown by 19.49%, with the charity & voluntary sector performing particularly well and surging by 277% in the last 12 months.

The motoring and automotive industry is the second most buoyant job market in the region, with an increase of 64.5% over the past year, closely followed by leisure and tourism which has experienced sharp growth of 181.2% in the same time period.